Manchester (1835 ship)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Builder | Portland, New Brunswick[1] |
| Launched | 1835[1] |
| Fate | Foundered 2 August 1839 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 646[1][2] (bm) |
Manchester was launched in 1835 at Portland, New Brunswick, and was registered at St John, New Brunswick. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1837.[2] She changed her registration to Liverpool,[1] and foundered in 1839 while sailing from Bombay to Liverpool.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Homeport | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1837 | Drenning | Willmot | Liverpool–New Orleans | St Johns | LR |
| 1839 | F.Wilson | Anderson | Liverpool–Bombay | Liverpool | LR |
Manchester, Frederick Wilson, master, left Bombay on 16 July 1839, with a cargo of cotton, and bound for Liverpool. On 29 July she developed a leak. When the pumps could not cope with the incoming water, her 29 passengers and crew abandoned her in the Indian Ocean (1°47′N 84°40′E / 1.783°N 84.667°E) and took to her boats on 2 August. The men set a course for Ceylon, but on 4 August they realized that they could not reach there and instead made for Penang. The longboat with Wilson and 19 others reached Penang on 22 September.[3] Thomas Coutts rescued the other nine, who had taken to the jolly boat.[4]
The LR issue for 1839 has the annotation "foundered" by Manchester's name.[5]
Citations[edit]
- ^ a b c d Library and Archives Canada – Item: 45087: MANCHESTER.
- ^ a b LR (1837), Seq.№M76.
- ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 17203. London. 19 November 1839. col E, p. 7.
- ^ "Belfast Ship News". The Belfast News-Letter. No. 10699. Belfast. 21 January 1840.
- ^ LR (1839), Seq.№M70.